What does God promises those people who seek His face
Þ When you hear God’s voice you will be strong.
Þ You will be able to easily break the strongholds of life.
Þ You will be able to walk through fiery tests and stay unharmed.
The level of our faith depends on our ability to hear from God
When we hear the Lord’s voice it strengthens us and takes disorder and confusion out of our lives. When we hear the Lord’s voice it awakens in us the spirit of faith and raises us up into God’s dimension.
Let’s look at some verses of Scripture that tell us about the benefits of hearing God’s voice and being led by the Spirit.
The voice of God is the source of the spirit of faith
There are two dimensions of faith:
THE WORD OF FAITH
«But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or “’Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach)» (Romans, 10: 6-8)
Nobody will be able to harm you if you know God’s voice and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit
The Bible also states that everything God does endures forever. Nobody is able to destroy or cancel what God makes and builds. For this reason nobody was able to harm Jesus before the appointed time, when Jesus Himself gave up His soul. Jesus was protected by God the Father because he followed the leading and the guidance of the Father.
What kind of privileges or advantages does the person who hears God’s voice possess over the others who don’t?
Usually, we never dedicate time to something unless we realise its advantage and strict necessity for us. When we realise what we are losing by not understanding and hearing God’s voice, then we can become zealous and motivated to do our best in order to dedicate time and attention to it.
You must understand that satan is a thief and given a smallest chance he will take away all our privileges and opportunities in God.
Listening to what God is saying is extremely important to every believer
15 times in the New Testament Jesus repeats the expression «He who has ears to hear, let him hear» (see Matthew 11:15; 13:9,43; Mark 4:9, 23; 7:16; Luke 8:18; 14:35; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6,13,22; 13:9).
The Philip’s translation of the Bible states it the following way: “The man who has ears to hear must use them”.
How to find and fulfil God’s will? II
In order to do that, we must learn to hear His voice. God speaks to us but we need to learn to discern and hear His voice.
We discussed the meaning of two Greek words – LOGOS and RHEMA – which are both translated as ‘word’ in the Bible.
How to find and fulfil God’s will?
What do we really mean when we ask ourselves: «What is God’s will for me?» The majority of people want to know: «What is God’s plan for me in this situation? What would be the right decision in this situation?»
We want to receive some directions and instructions from God in various life situations. We want to know God’s voice, since knowing His voice leads to knowing His will. God also wants every one of us to know His will in all things.
God wants us to be people of strong character, operating with the character of Christ
Without such character the gifts of the Holy Spirit bear no fruits in and through us, neither does it delivers any satisfaction to us personally.
God wants us to have more than anything else a continuous desire to be like Jesus. If God’s desire becomes ours, it will urge us to discover the gifts God has hidden inside of us.
Your responsibility is to discover the talents imbedded inside of you, that the Lord has put there and to let them grow for the benefit of the Kingdom of God and other people around you
« In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement, because as he is, even so are we in this world ».(1st John 4:17).
I can stand confidently stand before God only, when I have a witness in my spirit that I am living like Jesus lived while living in this world. Without the character of Christ the gifts of the Holy Spirit will be useless to the people around us, neither will they deliver true satisfaction to us personally.